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Re: Download Directory Structure for setup.exe



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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael A Chase" <mchase@ix.netcom.com>
To: "Robert Collins" <robert.collins@itdomain.com.au>; "Cygwin-Apps"
<cygwin-apps@sources.redhat.com>
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 3:54 PM
Subject: Download Directory Structure for setup.exe


> I've updated from CVS and built and used the last couple (2.175 and
2.176)
> setup.exe's.  It will take me a while to get used to the new source
> organization and I wanted to check a few of my assumptions before I
dig them
> out of the source.

Cool. Any user level feedback while you're at it? Irrespective of recent
threads on cygwin@ I really do appreciate feedback!

> It appears that all new downloads, both setup.ini and package files,
now go
> to source specific subtrees, for example files from
> ftp://ftp.mirrors.rcn.net/mirrors/sources.redhat.com/cygwin are saved
in
> under
>
./ftp%3a%2f%2fmirrors.rcn.net%2fmirrors%2fsources.redhat.com%2fcygwin/.
> After setup.ini is downloaded from all candidates, either they are
merged or
> the newest one is used.  Likewise, the package file found in any
subtree may
> be used for installing that package.

Yes. For clarity:
In install-from-net, only the setup.ini's from the selected mirror sites
are parsed. Cached tarballs in /latest and /contrib ARE used in addition
to anything in the relevant mirror site subdirs - if found.
In install-from-local, all setup.ini's in the subtree are scanned and
used.
Cached tarballs from /latest and /contrib, and any subtree rooted where
a setup.ini is found are used.

Rob


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